6.23.2013

On the road to St. John, the largest city in New Brunswick. This highway is much smoother than the Maine roads.

We are camped above Reversing Falls. Again the 20+ tidal flux creates a rapid when the tide changes.(45.25673, -66.08834)

You can take a jet boat ride through Reversing Falls

My view of downtown St. John

Patrica, Paul, Adelle's beau and Adelle

The museum has an excellent whale exhibit and out docent did a great job. She is standing before a model of a Right Whale called Delliah. The whalers of yore called them Right Whale because they were slow, curious coming close to the ship and floated when dead. The right ones to harpoon.

Delliah's skelton

Delliah was a baleen whale that filtered a tiny crustacean called krill out of the water with her hairy baleens in her mouth, as much as 2000 lb/day. Baleen whales are also different from tooth whales in that they have two blow holes and tooth whales only one.

Beluga mother with calf. The calfs are born grey and when they learn to dive they will rub against rocks to remove their sluffing grey skin, becoming white for the rest of their life.

The wonderful building of downtown were all built in the 1870's and are still in use today.

6.22.2013

First and best lobster roll at Kimball Farms Jaffery, NH The waffle fries were also great. (42.80962, -72.00759)

Second roll smaller, stale bun and potato chips. Disappointing

Young's Lobster Pond. High web rating. Good, but much smaller than Kimball's roll for the same price. No fries. (44.43022, -68.99658)

Lobster Stew at the highly aclaimed Jordan Pond House, Acadia Nation Park. (44.3206, -68.25365) I was told this was their most popular dish. Being the same price as a whole lobster, I expected a good amount of lobster in it. It had maybe...... a table spoon of lobster fragments in it. Just a tasty cream broth. Extremely disappointing.

OK, lets try a whole lobster. Only the shell between me and the meat. Beal's Lobster Pier. (44.27511, -68.31323) The claws were great, but the tail very tough and chewy. I think Dungeness Crab beats lobster hands down. It is much better and consistently good. A miss on lobster is a pricey mistake.

One more try. At the Family Fisheries Restaurant on Campobello Island, the waitress assured me that I would find some lobster in their Lobster Stew. It was excellent and chuck full of lobster. Sorry, not photos, forgot the camera.

Until sometime in the early 1900's, lobster was considered a trash fish, used for fertilizer or feed to prisoners and servants.

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I am retired from an eclectic career, construction worker, science teacher and corporate photographer living full time in my 2002 Trek named Serenity. She is named after the space ship in the Firefly TV series.
I am boondocking my way down the back roads of North America enjoying the good life and sampling the local cuisine. My wanderlust comes from my mother’s love of travel and moving often when I was younger. My Dad built dams and we moved every few years. I have lived in CA, WA, OR, WV, & AZ. Construction is in my blood and today I enjoy participating in Habitat for Humanity builds. I also like to travel, fishing, hiking, geocaching, kayaking, cooking, museums and movies. I read Mysteries/adventure books and listen to smooth jazz & 60’s rock and roll